A down pour was taking place in Reefside. The wind was blowing hard and you could hear the rain outside. Billy and Haley stayed in the Oliver house with Kimberly. She had been watching the TV to see if there was any news about finding Tommy. The phone rang and Billy answered the phone.
"Hello," answered Billy. "That's good news. I'll tell her. Thanks Mr. Oliver, we're on our way."
Billy hung up the phone.
"Well what happened?" asked Kimberly. "Was it Tommy?" Where is he?"
"That was James," replied Billy. "He said Tommy is at the hospital in Angel Grove. Tommy's okay, but he has some cuts and scraps. He said to pack a bag because he'll be there for two more days. They're going to let you stay in the hospital room with him. You need to hurry and get dressed and packed."
Kimberly went up stairs,opened the closet, and got dressed. She put on a pale pink tee shirt khaki pants, and a dark pink shirt. Kimberly slipped on her pink rain boots. She grabbed a duffle and packed Tommy some pajama sets, khaki pants, a black tee shirt, a tan shirt, a pair of jeans, a black tee, and a green and white plaid flannel shirt. She packed herself some pajamas, jeans, a pink tee, a pink and white flannel shirt, a pink velour tracksuit and a pink tee shirt. She grabbed their tennis shoes, and hygiene. After she packed, she went back down stairs. Haley and Billy were in their rain coats and rain boots. Kimberly opened the hall closet and got her rain coat out. They just got in the car and drove to the Angel Grove hospital. Meanwhile, James was still with Tommy. He was thinking about transferring to another hospital to work at so he wouldn't have to deal with Jan.
"She's going to get to stay in this room, right?" asked Tommy.
"Yes, reassured James. "But, she'll have to sleep in a chair."
"We can do like we did the last we were here," said Tommy. "She can sleep in the hospital bed with me. I've missed her so much and I want to hold her. Please don't let Jan be my nurse while she's here."
"I've already requested it," smiled James.
They heard a knock on the door. James opened the door and Kimberly, Billy, and Haley walked in. Kimberly went straight to Tommy's bed. She kicked off her boots and climbed in bed with him. Tommy rolled over on his side and pulled Kimberly into a tight hug. He kissed her on top of the head.
"Hey, Beautiful," Tommy said tearfully. "I'm glad to see you. I've missed you so much."
"I've missed you too," Kimberly said tearfully.
James went and got a pillow and some blankets for Kimberly. When James came back in the room, Kimberly was asleep in Tommy's arms. Tommy was also sleeping. James gentle put the pillow behind her head and covered her up with blankets. Haley and Billy sat in the chairs that were sitting in the room. They were relieved that Kimberly was sleeping, since she didn't sleep for two nights in a roll.
"Should we wake them?" asked Haley.
"Let them sleep," advised James. "Tommy said it was hard to go to bed on the island without Kimberly every night. This is the first time that he's probably been able to sleep peacefully."
"This is the first time Kim's been able to sleep peacefully," added Billy. "While Tommy has been away, she's only gotten four to five hours of sleep."
"They've been best friends since the time they were born," stated James. "She grew up in our house since she was seven. Billy, I did tell you a few years ago Caroline being into drugs and hiding them in the basement."
"Yeah, you told me that shortly after I moved to Reefside," answered Billy. "That's the real reason why Caroline and Jan hate each other. I know the whole story."
"I just told Tommy today and he took it good," stated James. "He already knew a little bit about and Kim knows as much as he does. She doesn't know that she hid drugs in the basement. And Caroline is gone. She took an over dose and she's no longer with us."
"Wonder how Kim will take it?" asked Haley.
"Let Tommy tell her, when he thinks she's ready," suggested James. "She's already gone through a lot."
A Few Hours Later
James woke Tommy and Kimberly up around 3 PM. They had both been sleeping for five hours. Both of them ate some lunch and Tommy was told he could take a shower and change his clothes. Kimberly didn't take a shower that morning, so she decided that she'd take her shower and help Tommy with his. She put their duffle in the a chair in the bathroom, so they could get dressed after they cleaned up. They went into the bathroom and shut the door. They both striped out of their clothes and got in the shower. Kimberly got a bath sponge out of the duffle along with shower gel and shampoo. She was relieved that the bath tub was big enough to hold two people.
"What do you think about us soaking the tub after we get our showers?" asked Kimberly. "It will probably help your sore muscles."
"I love the idea," smiled Tommy.
Kimberly squirted shower gel on the bath sponge and began to wash her body. Once she washed off, she helped Tommy wash his body. Then the both washed their hair at the same time. Tommy finished washing his hair first. Kimberly finished washing her hair and turned the water shower off.
She turned on the hot water and the tub began to fill up with warm water. There was bath soak on the edge of the tub that was to help relax sore muscles. When the tub was almost full, she turned the hot water off. Both of them sat down in the tub and stretched out. Tommy put his arm around Kimberly. She laid her hair on his bare chest.
"I've missed having you lay your head on my bare chest," stated Tommy. "I love how your hair feels so soft and silky."
"I've missed having you home with me," added Kimberly. "I've missed resting my head against your bare chest, fall asleep next to you every night, waking up next to you every morning, soaking in the tub with you, and you holding me. It's been lonely without you."
"I feel the same way," admitted Tommy. "I've decided that I'm going to apply for a teaching job next year at Reefside High. I want to live a quiet life and I don't want to have leave you for so long again. I created dino gems, while I was gone. They chose a person they bond with and that person becomes a ranger.I thought there could come a time, when we may need a new team of rangers. I'm going to ask Haley to help us build a lab in the basement."
After Tommy, got out of the hospital, Haley helped Tommy and Kimberly build a lab in their basement. Kimberly hoped that they wouldn't have to worry about being rangers again for awhile. Tommy had just gotten his PhD and decided his was going to apply for a teaching job. She was adjusting to learning about what happened to Caroline and why her mom and Tommy's mom hated each other. All she wanted was to have quiet life with Tommy. But, she had no idea that the new team of rangers would form on the first day of school in the fall of 2003.
